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| No. | Author | Recipient | Title | Date | Context |
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| 1 | Washington, George | Lear, Tobias | From George Washington to Tobias Lear, 30 November 1786 | 1786-11-30 | Instructions for Mr Lear You will proceed to Pittsburgh by the following rout—Leesburgh, Keys’... |
| 2 | Washington, George | Lear, Tobias | From George Washington to Tobias Lear, 29 June 1788 | 1788-06-29 | Your letter of the 2d instant came duly to hand, and obliged me by its communications. On friday... |
| 3 | Washington, George | Lear, Tobias | Authorization for Tobias Lear, 30 August 1790 | 1790-08-30 | Whereas it may be necessary, during my absence from the Seat of Government, to pay certain monies... |
| 4 | Washington, George | Lear, Tobias | From George Washington to Tobias Lear, 5 September 1790 | 1790-09-05 | After a pleasant Journey we arrived in this City about 2 O clock on thursday last. Tomorrow we... |
| 5 | Washington, George | Lear, Tobias | From George Washington to Tobias Lear, 9 September 1790 | 1790-09-09 | Agreeably to the information given in my last, I left Philadelphia on Monday and arrived here... |
| 6 | Washington, George | Lear, Tobias | From George Washington to Tobias Lear, 17 September … | 1790-09-17 | Having received no letter from you since the one dated the 3d instant, I have nothing to reply... |
| 7 | Washington, George | Lear, Tobias | From George Washington to Tobias Lear, 20 September … | 1790-09-20 | The Servant who carried my letter of the 17th to the Post Office in Alexandria returned with... |
| 8 | Washington, George | Lear, Tobias | From George Washington to Tobias Lear, 27 September … | 1790-09-27 | Since my last to you (the date I do not recollect, keeping no copies of my letters to you) I have... |
| 9 | Washington, George | Lear, Tobias | From George Washington to Tobias Lear, 3 October 1790 | 1790-10-03 | Your letters of the 22d Ulto came safe. I wish the information given by Mr Danl Parker to Doctr... |
| 10 | Washington, George | Lear, Tobias | From George Washington to Tobias Lear, 10 October 1790 | 1790-10-10 | Your letters of the 26th and 30th of the last, & 3d of the present month, have come duly to hand.... |
| 11 | Washington, George | Lear, Tobias | From George Washington to Tobias Lear, 27 October 1790 | 1790-10-27 | On Sunday last I returned from a twelve days excursion up the Potowmack & found your letters of... |
| 12 | Washington, George | Lear, Tobias | From George Washington to Tobias Lear, 31 October 1790 | 1790-10-31 | I have received your letter of the 24th since the date of my last to you; and am very glad to... |
| 13 | Washington, George | Lear, Tobias | From George Washington to Tobias Lear, 7 November 1790 | 1790-11-07 | Your letters of the 28th & 31st Ult. are now before me, & the parts of them wch require it, shall... |
| 14 | Washington, George | Lear, Tobias | From George Washington to Tobias Lear, 12 November 1790 | 1790-11-12 | I am about to write you another short letter for tomorrow’s post,—although, in the course of the... |
| 15 | Washington, George | Lear, Tobias | From George Washington to Tobias Lear, 14 November 1790 | 1790-11-14 | (Private) Dear Sir, Mount Vernon Novr 14th 1790 . Having wrote two letters to you on the subject... |
| 16 | Washington, George | Lear, Tobias | From George Washington to Tobias Lear, 17 November 1790 | 1790-11-17 | I am just setting off for Alexandria—bad as the day is—to a dinner given by the Citizens of that... |
| 17 | Washington, George | Lear, Tobias | From George Washington to Tobias Lear, 22 November 1790 | 1790-11-22 | The day is come, and the hour at hand, or very nearly—when our journey will commence for... |
| 18 | Washington, George | Lear, Tobias | From George Washington to Tobias Lear, 23 November 1790 | 1790-11-23 | With some difficulty (from the most infamous roads that ever were seen) we have got to this... |
| 19 | Washington, George | Lear, Tobias | From George Washington to Tobias Lear, 27 March 1791 | 1791-03-27 | My attention was so much occupied the days preceeding my departure from Philadelphia, with... |
| 20 | Washington, George | Lear, Tobias | From George Washington to Tobias Lear, 28 March 1791 | 1791-03-28 | Late this afternoon your letters of the 23d & 24th instant came to hand, and as the Mail is about... |
| 21 | Washington, George | Lear, Tobias | From George Washington to Tobias Lear, 3 April 1791 | 1791-04-03 | Since my last to you—from George Town—I have, I believe, received your letters of the 23d, 24th,... |
| 22 | Washington, George | Lear, Tobias | From George Washington to Tobias Lear, 6 April 1791 | 1791-04-06 | Your letters of the 31st Ult. and 1st instant have been received—Tomorrow I continue my journey.... |
| 23 | Washington, George | Lear, Tobias | From George Washington to Tobias Lear, 12 April 1791 | 1791-04-12 | Since my last to you from Mount Vernon, your letters of the 3d. and 5th. Instant have been recd.,... |
| 24 | Washington, George | Lear, Tobias | From George Washington to Tobias Lear, 21 April 1791 | 1791-04-21 | Not having heard from you since I wrote to you from Richmond, the purpose of this is only to let... |
| 25 | Washington, George | Lear, Tobias | From George Washington to Tobias Lear, 24–26 April 1791 … | ≈1791-04-24 | Letter not found: to Tobias Lear, c.24–26 April 1791. On 15 May Lear wrote GW that he received a... |
| 26 | Washington, George | Lear, Tobias | From George Washington to Tobias Lear, 14 May 1791 | 1791-05-14 | I have not, I believe, written to you since I left Richmond. At Charleston, towards the last of... |
| 27 | Washington, George | Lear, Tobias | From George Washington to Tobias Lear, 14 May 1791 … | 1791-05-14 | Letter not found: to Tobias Lear, 14 May 1791. On 3 June 1791 Lear wrote to David Humphreys: “I... |
| 28 | Washington, George | Lear, Tobias | From George Washington to Tobias Lear, 11 June 1791 | 1791-06-11 | Yesterday we arrived at this place in good health, but with horses much worn down. To morrow I... |
| 29 | Washington, George | Lear, Tobias | From George Washington to Tobias Lear, 15 June 1791 | 1791-06-15 | Your letter of the 29th ulto I acknowledged the receipt of from Fredericksburgh—since which,... |
| 30 | Washington, George | Lear, Tobias | From George Washington to Tobias Lear, 19 June 1791 | 1791-06-19 | Since my last to you (from this place) I have received your letters of the 12th immediately from... |